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VOL XLV NO. 89 NEWBERRY, S. 0.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1908.TWIOE A EK. $1.50 A YEAR TAFT ",HEALTHY BUT TIRED." President-Elect Promises Success for Country-May Spend Winter in a Southern City. Cincinnati, 0., November 4.-Ear ly today Wm. H. Taft gave hearty expression to the gratification he felt on his election as president of the United States. Business, labor and agriculture, he declared, had sup ported him. His success, he said, should be alsr. the success of the country if his ability and endeavor could make it so. "Please say that I am perfectly healthy, but tired," was the message Judge Taft wished uttered for him tonight. With Mrs. Taft he has en joyed the pleasant household of the C. P. Taft family mansion today, go ing forth only once, and then to re ceive the plaudits of thousands of his fellow townsmen as they lined the streets and filled the windows for blocks in the line of march of the par ade of the Woodward High School pupils, faculty and trustees. Mr. Taft made the principal address at the corner stone laying of the new building of this school, from which he graduated when a boy. The fune tion gave the city opportunity to pay its first daylight tribute to the president-elect. Judge Taft did not refer to the election or politics in his address, but confined himself to the history of the school, which held for him many fond memories. A speech to the Women's Foreign -Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church, in annual session here, tomorrow morning and a ban quet of the Cincinnati Commercial club- tomorrow night constitute the public functions which will occupy Judge Taft before he leaves for Hot Springs, Va., Friday. "I am going away for a complete rest of at least two weeks," said Judge Taft tonight. "No. I am not going to hold political conferences: neither am I going to consider cabinet candidates nor political appointments during this time. It is to be a period of as near rest and quiet as I can iuake it." After Hot Springs the Taft family is considering a number of places for residence during the months that will intervene before -inauguration. Among these is Asheville, N. C., which has some ob.jections because of cold. and Atlanta, Ga., the considera tion of which are now being brought forward. The decision will be the one important work of the Hot Springs sojourn. While there the Taft family will occupy a cottage and it has been stated that the festivities of the re sort will be eschewed. Three thousand or more telegrams of congratulation have been delivered to Judge Taft today. They include messages from eabinet officers, sena tors. representatives, ambassadors. politicians, residents of the Philip pine Islands an~d the fa.r East, and personal friends and admirers of Judge Taft. Many telegrame came from business organizations and labor societies throughout the country. REYAN DISCUSSES ELECTION Pleased With His Victory in His Fomne State-Says One Can Do * Big- Things Out of Office as Well as in Office and he Hopes Yet to Aid in Branginig About Needed Reforms. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4.--While not earing to disense at this time the po litioni effect of the Demoersti t* tory in his home State or analyze the eauses, W. J. Bryan this afternoon, in an informal talk to a number of friendb who enllad on him. eure ed his p!E'sure. at the result in No bra'ka and the satisfnetion it aff- rd ed h'im to lorin of' the election of s many of his politjeel anad per onalI friends. A delegntion numberiny nearly a hundred from Lincoln visit ed Mr. Bryan at Fairviewv to express to him thei.r confidence and devotion, and to :ssure him th:at sneh wasth Se'lnf'ent of a m aj'rity\ of' the neop)l1 of this city and State. Mr. Bryan. in responding, said: ''I am highly gratified over the re suIts in this State. The national de fats has not been such a disappoint ment when we have had so man; things to console us.- I hope I ha, conviaiced my friends that runnin for office has only been an incident t my work. My heart has never bee set on holding office, but I wanted t do certain works. and it looked a though the presidency might offer th epportunity to do .that work. I an sure that in private life I can hav, the chance to do something. One i not required to hold office in order t do big things; one is simply requirei to do those things within his reac1 and that much is within the reach o each of us. "Personally I shall find as mucl joy being out of office. if the return show I must be. as I would in officE I hope still to be of influence to brin; about needed reforms. I . appreciat very much the confideene and loyalt: of the people near us. It has bee1 the greatest comfort that the electio1 has given us. The fact that thos among whom we live have shown thi confidence we appreciate more than can tell you. It has been very kin< in you to copne out here and visit u on this day." The defeat he sustained yesterda; did not weigh heavily on Mr. Bryan He was one of the most cheerful o those at his home and laughed an joked good naturedly with his visit ors. Tonight Mr. Brvan was th, guest @f honor at the banquet of thi State Teacher.' Association. where h, made a short address. He has n< other immediate plans than to rest a his home following his canvass. DEATH OF YOUNG MAN. Sad Death of Mr. Walter Jeromi Kohn-Leaves Young Wife and One Child. Prosperity, Nov. 5.-Again thi reaper has cast in his ciekle and cu down one of our young men. Walte: Jerome, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs S. J. Kohn. passed into the great be yond on Saturday. October 31. age< 23 years. 9 months and 12 days. - H had been a patient sufferer for som< weeks. Romie. as he was familiarli known was a general favorite wit] nll. He was married to Miss Bernic( Stockman about 5 years ago, an< leaves a wife and one little girl. H< was loyal to the church and Sunday school and never missed when it was possible for him to attend. H< sleeps in Prosperity cemetery beneati many flowers, laid upon his grave by sorrowing friends. His funieral was conducted from Grace church by his pastor, Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps. The funeral was one of the largest eve: seen in Prosperity. When the Lincoln log cabin was taken from New York to its fina: resting place in Kentucky, it arousei a great deal of comment and curios ity as it passed through the differen1 cities. Many curious anecdotes were told of the trip, but .probably th< best one is this one, which is toli with keen relish by Caption N. C Bullitt of company A, First Ken tucky infantry, who was in charge of the detail of five privates that 'w'irded the famous relic on its wau South: *"The car on which the cabin rest ed was standing on a railroad siding in Baltimore. when a Marylander who had exhibited great apparent in' terest in the cabin, approached me. ir a verv timid manner and asked: ~'''Is t-his really the Lincoln cab in' " 'Yes: it's the real thing,' I re sponided. "'And Abe Lincoln was born Ii "'' Tes: righ t within those very ' 'Well, well,' said the questioner as he ruminatively stroked a mneagre( tuft o)f reddish beard. 'and T suippos( heet those vere~ loss with his on h ai nd4. "-PThil delph i Ledger. ( 1 .-1' ?e-rd-Herald. 1h a(kd a fter' t r\'i a i.election f'rm "t'IT Travatre. "It makes me think of sailors,"'h replied. ''Of sailors? Why should it d that?'' ~"IT has a tendenr-y to dieant C." y THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY. e Woman's Missionary Society and Lu theran Synod in Session This Week. s Prosperity, Nov. 5.-The 24th an a nual ses.;ion of the Woman's Home 1 and Foreign Missionary society of the outh Carolina Synod was held in s Grace ohurch from Nov. 1-3. The exercises on Sunday consisted of a sermon to the delegates by the pastor. Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps. The address of welcome on the part of the children's society was made by Miss Annie Laurie Lester and was respond s ed to by Miss Sheely, of Leesville. On the part of the Woman's Society of Grace church the address of wel e come w s made by Mrs. Kreps and response by MIrs. Sylvan, of Colum bia. The convention wa_ largely attend 3 ed. The reports showed excellent work done along all lines of activity. Mrs. Scherer was greatly missed. Mrs. M. 0. J .Kreps was elected president: Mrs. C. C. Habenicht first vice-president: Mrs. S. T. Holman, second vice-president; Mrs. W. G. Alworder. treasurer; Mrs. 1). B. Groseclose. treasurer of the children's department; Miss Erin Kohn. secre tary Children's Society; Miss Ellen Hendrix. organizer Children 's o ciety: Mrs. Cronk, editor of Tiding;. "More than $25,000.00 have been rais t ed by the societies in the past 24 years. Their work is growing and they have undertaken greater things for t<he next year. A number of the delegates' to the convention are at tending Synod. Many of new features were plan ned for the ensuigg year. A new of fice was created, that of second viCn president. Miss Grieshaben was made chairman of the literature commit tee. Several mission stud. ,, aes were conducted and this department was insisted upon for another year in each society. The support of more yunz voneii in the training school was discussed and through the delegates more so cieties will soon report their willing ness to shoulder their qaota of ex penses for one more of the more than half dozen waiting appli--ants. A teleglam of greeting was sent our late beloved president in her home on the Pacific. -Rev. Edward Fulenwider' delivered a most excellent addrens ,n sunday evening on foreign missions. President H.arnms follo'wed th's Monday evening with a timely ser mon on "Who Shall Have America.'' Tuesday evening Rev. Mr. Weltner delighted the congregation with his Iforceful, witty treatment of the trair ing school. -The convention was f'nalfly cl->S ed Tusday afternoon by the aceing president, Mrs. Habenikh. The 84th annual session of the South Carolina Synod was opened in Grace church. Prospe.dty. on Wed nesday morning by Rev. M. U-. G. Scherer, D. D., presidenr, of Charles ton, who delivered the Synodic.l .ser mon. The Synodical communi--a~ wa., ad Iministered immediately after the ser mon. The president 's report sh-)wed many changes in p)astoratos during the year. Nearly all the pastors who resigned took work within the bounds of the Synod. Three ehnirehe had been organiz.ei and threeC n1ew churches dedica ted. Impro)vements Ihad been made mi others Marked progress was shown in all lines of work. The ottieers. (ele-e < for the e;iening v ear are: Rev. E. A. Vi 1. pre:-nde1nt; Rev. S. P. KSOon. :se?Ierar i. Several new measures were up for Idiscussion at the afternooa =escion. A number of committees were - poin ted and the work of Synod wili tio forwar~d rapidly. 'be Svnod anecept~ed thle in ;iinn1on of the st andin'g commit tee of th board oIf truistee-s of the cl-.:e to at tend in a b)ody the ir.a1uZwien'f of R~ev. J1. H. Harms lf 4: oreid ent of Ordinations. Nomber 1.0. 1907 in the Woman's Memorial Church, Spanrtanburg, S. C.. Mr. John L. Yonce was ordained. The ordination sermon was preached by the Rev. A. J. Bowers, D. D. Resignations. April 1. 1908, the Rev. J. G. Schaid resigned the St. Mark's pastorate, Blvthewood. April 27. 1908. the Rev. T. B. Ept ing resigned the work at Sumter. 1June 1. the Rev. J. L. Miller resign ed the work of the Graniteville pas torate. August 15. 1908. the Rev. D. A. Sox resigned the wo'rk of the Johnston pastorate. . August 15. the Rev. W. H. Hiller rCsignied the work at Lexington. October 18, the Rev. W. H. Greev er, D. D.. resined the work of St. Paul's pastorate, Columbia, to accept the work of the United Synod publi cation board. October. 22, the Rev. D. B. Grose close resigned the work of the Lees ville pastorate. October 27. the Rev. P. E. Monroe resigned the work of Mount Pleasant pastorate. Ehrhardt. S. C. All the pastors who have resigned their present wor.k have taken other work in the Synod., except the Revs. .1. G. Schaid and Miller. Calls Accepted. nThe Rev. J. I. Meller, D. D., the work at Graniteville; the Rev. A. R. Taylor, the Bethany Church work; the Rev. J. L. Yonce. St. Luke's, Flor ence; the Rev. C. Armand Miller, D. D., the work of St. John's Parish, Charleston, S. C.; the Rev. E. Fulen wider, Church of the Redeemer, New berry, S. C.; the Rev. L. P. Boland, the work of Pine Grove pastorate; the Rev. T. B. Epting, the work in Walha" ; the Rev. 0. C. Peterson has also accepted work within the bounds of the Synod. A number of places in the Synod were permitted to arrange for them selves their pastoral relations until this meeting of the Synod. Installations. The Rev. C. Armand Miller, D. D., was installed pastor of St. John's, Charleston. T(he Rev. J. I. Miller, D. D., at Graniteville. The Rev. L. P. Boland, Pine Grove; I he Rev. E. Fulenwider, Church of the Redeemer; the Rev. J. L. Yonce, St. Luke 's, Florence; the Rev. N. D. Bodie, Saluda; the Rev. T. B. Epting, Walhalla.. Three congregations have been or ganized during the year'as follows: Aiken. the Rev. J. B. Derrick, pas tor. Silver Street, Newberry county, the Rev. S. P. Koon, pastor. ISummerville to be supplied at this session of the Synod. The corner-stone of the new Grace church was laid November 21, 1907, and is to be dedicated at this session of Synod. St. Andrew 's church, Charleston, has made extensive im provements in its church edifice, and will be reoccupied in *a short time. The following dedications were ob - served during the year: The Womian 's Memorial, Spartan burg, S. C. St. Luke 's church, Florence, S. C. The Jacob Washington Frank Lu theran Hospital and Home, of the city of Charleston. Newberry college has begun one of its- most properous years. the at tendance of students being unprece dently large. The vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Jas. A. B. Sherer has been filled by the elec tion of the Rev. J. H. Harms, who has had signal success in t,he pastorate. The Rev. Mr. Harms will be install ed as president on Friday morning the Synod attending in a body. Deaconss work merits the careful consideration of Synod. This work wa inaugurated by the Rev. C. E. Weltner, of St. Luke 's church, Olym pia Mill. in Columbia. At present three young ladies are in training there for this work. It is recomn mended that a committee of three he anointed, with the president of the Sn]od as chairman. to consult with Pastor Weltner as to the furthering of thle wirk durin2 the coming~ vear. Mr. Gilbert P. V)ight, of Newberry' (colle2e. will he ordainedl at this ses GUIDE TO STATE SENT FREE TO ALL Publication Issued by Bureau of Sta tistics of Washington is Most Com plete and Contains Much Useful Information. "State of Washington-Its Re sources, Natural Industrial and Com mercial," is the title of a three hun dred page book issued by the Ba reau of Statistics at the Washington State capital, Olympia, Washingt3n, and sent free of charge to any one who cares to write for it. This book is one of the most complete State pub lications issued and is typical of the energy and progressiveness of the West. It gives every line of informa tion that tourists, sportsmen, business men, manufacturers, laborers-skill ed and unskilled-and farmers could want; while the man who thinks of going west to live will find in this Washington publication an invaluable guide in picking out the place and the vocation he wishes to follow. The natural advantages of the State; its timber. its logged-off lands, its water supply and water power. its grazing grounds, the wheaJ belt. the dairying and gardenino lands, the fruit lands under the irri gation ditches. the transportation water and rail, the fisheries, the mines and coal and iron deposits, the educational. religious and charitable institutions of the State, the mark ets, the wages, the home. life are al: treated carefully and with strict at tention to facts. Every county is taken up and han dled separately with a chart showing the climatic conditions. To give a better idea than words and figures can convey, fine screen half-tones of all sorts of views are used liberally The book contains a statistical ap pendix giving by counties the land valuations, the assessments and tax rates, the agricultural and horticul tural products in quantity and value the distribution of government and State lands open to settlement, fi gwres of the lumber industry, the shipments by rail and water outside the State, the cost of living in the State, population of towns and coun ties, the banks and officers, and the county officials. This book can be obtained by addressing the secretary of State, Olympia, Washington. Peo ple intending to visit Seattle next year during the Alaska-Yukon-Paci fic exposition should send for this book. HOG HEAVEN IN KANSAS.' Alfalfa.. on Seven Hundred and Fif ty Thuosand Acres, Tempts Por ker and Enriches Owner. Collier's Weekly. "An alfalfa field is said to be a bog's idea of Heaven.'' So says F. D. Coburn, secretary of the Kane department of agriculture, in a bma~ f lyric rapture. Mr. Coburn has won national fame for the glamor of poesy he has cast about some seem ngly prosaic facts of rural industry, and his muse has never had a more racious theme than the royal vege table that has so far surpassed the man who made two blades of grass grow where one grew before, thai rakes two hogs where before there as none. Although the farmers of California knew thirty years ago of the magic possibilities of alfalfa, the great plains are making up for their later start by their present zeal. Kan as is now the first 'of all the State in its production. Within her bor cers 750,000 acres of sunkissed alfal fa tempt the smiling hog. Prosper ity hung up her hat and settled down to stay about the time when Kansas farmers began to show a proper ap preciation of this divine plant. Al falfa supplies an apparent oversight of Providence by furnishing just the -lements that other foodstuffs l:ck. and ~so it puts a solid foradation un er the dairy interests of Kansas. It is f:ar superior to red clover as a soil retorer, gives two or three times as onch hav Per' acre, and its seed is >ften worth more than1 the hayv. It is "a meat maker. milk maker- and mon pr ma ker. ' It enriches not only the land, but the grower as well. "'It mae poor inlannoo,a nn wood la.nd better.'" "It is the preserver and the conserver of the homestead. It does not fall from old age. It loves the sunshine. converting the sunbeams in to gold coin in the pockets of the thrifty husbandman." Thus is answered the old q tion: "What is the matter with Kansas!" Since the advent of alfalfa there has been nothing the matter with Kansas. POPULAR PHRASES. Some Familiar Lines that are Con stantly Misquoted. London Tit-Bits. Critics who assert that we get more slovenly and careless every day in speech, manners -and customs have proof of part of their assertion at any rate in the manner in which the writings of famous authors are con tinually being misquoted and distort ed. In Coleridge's "Ancient Mari ner'' are these words: "Water, wat er everywhere, nor any drop to drink.'" Ninety-nine people in a hun dred say "and not a drop to drink" for the last line. Again, how often we hear people sing. "Rule, Brithannia, Britannia rules (instead of rule) the waves," and quote Macbeth as saying ."Screw your courage to the sticking point.' instead of "sficking place.'' Those two familiar lines of Samuel But ler's, "He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still,'' are usually misquoted as. "Convince a man still.'' Shakespeare never wrote, "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good," although this is the version generally given of the correct words from "Henry VI,''' which run. "Ill blows the wind that profits nobody." Na thaniel Lee is similarly treated in re gard to his phrase, "When Greeks joined Greeks then was the tug of war," which more often than not is misquoted as "When Greek meets Greek then comes the tuz of war." "Money is the root of all evil," ;s a travesty of the line from the first Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy. "The love of money is the root of all evil." Another Scriptural passage which is often incorrectly quoted is the sen tence from Proverbs, "Pride ' goeth before destruction and an haughty spirit before a f'all.'' The popular version "Pride goes before a fall." That fine phrase from Wolfe's poem, "The Burial of Sir John Moore,'' which runs, "But we left him alone with his glory,'' is very badly treated by people who say ''Alone in his glory,'' while the cor rect words, as written by Longfellow, of the phrase so often used. "All things come to him who waits,'' are, "All things come around to him who will but wait.'' Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in postoffice at Newberry, S. C., for week ending Oct. 31, 1908. Miss Mariah Batas, Bassil L. Bak. er, Mr. Thornwell D. Boozer. Lillie Cannon. Miss Caldyne Cald well, Miss Vinnie Chatmorond. Mr. J. W. Fleming. Mr. Churley Cook. Sarah Fregory. Mr. R. Hamilton, Mr. Joseph Har ington, Mrs. Sallie Herbert. Walter Henderson, Mr. W. H. Hipp, Mrs. Alice Holt (2) Miss Ada Jimmie, Mr. Jessie B. Jones, Mr. J. V. Johnston. Mr. Robert P. Kent. Mr. L. W. Marshall. R. P. Pitts, Mrs. Eliza Pitts, Mr. Nelson Porter, Miss Franey Porter, Mr. Peat Porter. Mr. Grant Porter, L. P. Shealy, Johnny Shears, W. B. Sinclair, Mrs. F. E. Schumpert. Mr. Jim Thornton. Mr. N. C. Thom son. Mrs. Millie Williams, Miss Mary Williams, Miss Corie Workman. All perso)ns calling for these letters w~ill please say that they were adver tised. C. J. Purcell, P. M. Commissioner of Public Works. Dr. .Jas. Mefntosh is hereby an nlonneeCd as a eandidate for reelection to the office of Commisioner of Pub lie Works. sub.jeet to the Democratic party.